Violet Grohl has been exhausting at work on an album, The Hollywood Reporter has realized, and those that’ve heard her music say it’s unbelievable.
The 18-year-old daughter of Foo Fighters’ Dave Grohl, who has toured as a backup singer for her dad’s band and carried out as a solo singer, is described as being “extremely dedicated” to the music-making course of and “to rising as an artist,” says a supply. She’s been understanding songs in a studio area gifted by her father for her birthday. Among her collaborators is producer Justin Raisen, who labored with Kim Gordon on her Grammy-nominated album The Collective along with earlier collaborations with the likes of Charli XCX and Lil Yachty.
“She’s a real torch singer,” says one supply. “Her vocals are super. She’s very proficient.”
While she’s believed to have an album’s value of fabric, it’s unclear how or when, or with who, she’ll launch her debut. One path may very well be via the Foo Fighters’ personal imprint, Roswell, through RCA Records, a Sony Music subsidiary.
Representatives for Grohl declined remark; Raisen didn’t reply to a request for remark.
The eldest daughter of three (with Jordyn Blum; Dave Grohl revealed earlier this yr that he had fathered one other baby outdoors of his marriage), Violet Grohl made her stage debut on the age of 12, singing Adele’s “When We Were Young” together with her dad. She went on to carry out at high-profile charity capabilities like 2020’s The Art of Elysium and 2022’s MusiCares Person of the Year Gala honoring Joni Mitchell, the place her rendition of “Help Me” was a spotlight of the star-heavy night time.
In 2021, the daddy and daughter launched a canopy of the X tune “Nausea.” A yr later, the Foos’ household confronted a tragic loss with the dying of drummer Taylor Hawkins. At a tribute live performance held in Hawkins’ honor on the Forum, she carried out a canopy of Leonard Cohen’s poignant “Hallelujah.” For the London live performance, she paid homage to 2 extra departed musicians, Jeff Buckley and Amy Winehouse.
Elsewhere within the L.A. space, Violet Grohl has been refining her dwell abilities on the Sun Rose, an intimate venue on the Sunset Strip that’s affiliated with the Pendry Hotel West Hollywood. A yr in the past, she appeared with famous pianist and David Bowie collaborator Mike Garson, performing Bowie’s “Man Who Sold the World,” a tune famously remade by her father’s former band, Nirvana. In February, she reprised the efficiency over two nights. Attendees famous the raspy, fortified tone of her vocals, and the boldness in taking over classics from her father’s catalog.
Watch Violet Grohl carry out Nirvana’s “Heart-Shaped Box” on the Sun Rose beneath.
